Nokia 4A0-102 Exam - Topic 1 Question 78 Discussion

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Question #: 78
Topic #: 1

A confederated AS is comprised of three members. One member is comprised of 4 routers, while the other two members are comprised of 3 routers each. Assuming member ASs are fully meshed and use full mesh iBGP, what is the required number of BGP sessions within the confederation?

A12

B13

C14

D15

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Flo

7 months ago

Definitely 15 sessions, trust me on this!

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Dorothy

7 months ago

No way, it should be 14!

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Kris

7 months ago

I think it's 12 sessions, right?

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Lorrine

8 months ago

Wait, how do we even get to that number?

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Cherri

8 months ago

There are 10 routers total in the confederation.

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Roosevelt

8 months ago

I feel like the total sessions should add up from each AS, but I can't remember if we need to account for any overlaps. I hope I got this right!

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Elvera

8 months ago

If I recall correctly, for a full mesh, the formula is n(n-1)/2 for each AS, but I’m a bit confused about how to combine them in a confederation.

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Shad

8 months ago

I think we need to consider the number of routers in each AS and then calculate the sessions for each member. It feels similar to a practice question we did on full mesh iBGP.

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Christene

9 months ago

I remember something about calculating BGP sessions based on the number of routers, but I'm not sure how to apply it here with the confederation setup.

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Carey

9 months ago

Alright, time to put pen to paper and work through this systematically. I'm feeling more confident now that I've heard a few different approaches.

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Pete

9 months ago

I think I've got it! For a full mesh iBGP, each router needs a session with every other router. So the total number of sessions should be the sum of the number of sessions for each member AS.

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Luisa

9 months ago

I'm a bit confused on how the full mesh iBGP comes into play here. Gotta make sure I understand that concept before I can solve this.

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Mabelle

9 months ago

Okay, let me break this down step-by-step. We have 3 member ASs, with 4, 3, and 3 routers respectively. That's 10 routers total.

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Eladia

10 months ago

Hmm, this looks like a tricky one. I'll need to think through the iBGP full mesh requirements carefully.

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Levi

1 year ago

Because each router in the fully meshed member ASs needs to establish a session with every router in the other member ASs, so it's 4 routers x 3 routers + 3 routers x 3 routers = 12 + 9 = 21. But since iBGP sessions are not required within the same member AS, we subtract 7 (3 routers x 2 sessions) to get 14.

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Lizbeth

1 year ago

Why do you think it's 14?

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Ryann

1 year ago

I feel like I need a diagram to visualize this. Or maybe a cup of coffee to help me focus. Either way, I'm going to give this my best shot.

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Alisha

1 year ago

D) 15

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Jin

1 year ago

C) 14

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Vicky

1 year ago

B) 13

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Vernell

1 year ago

A) 12

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Maybelle

1 year ago

D) 15

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Annmarie

1 year ago

C) 14

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Ashlee

1 year ago

B) 13

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Sheridan

1 year ago

A) 12

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Claudio

1 year ago

C) 14

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Laticia

1 year ago

B) 13

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Val

1 year ago

A) 12

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Levi

1 year ago

I disagree, I believe the answer is C) 14.

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Jose

1 year ago

Haha, this question is like a game of connect the dots, but with routers instead of, well, dots. I'm going with D, just to see if I can beat the system!

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Alberta

1 year ago

Okay, let's think this through. If each member AS is fully meshed, that means we have 4 + 3 + 3 = 10 routers, and each router needs to connect to every other router, so that's a lot of sessions.

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